Improvement in wind-wheels



Nrrnn raras GEORGE H. REISTER, 0F VASHINGTON, IOVA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 515.9%?, dated November 29, 1864.

To all whom t may concern; I 15e it known that I, GEORGE E. Rursrnn, of Washii'lgton, in the State of Iowa, have inl vented a certain new and useful Improvement I on Wind-Wheels and the Means for Regulating the Same; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the marks and letters thereon.

My improvement is intended to be used upon or with a class of wheels wherein the wheel is surrounded by a frame having movable guides or movable and lixed guides, controlling and directing' the current of the air toward and onto the wheel, and my improvement is specially adapted to a wind-wheel of this character, on which Letters Patent were granted to me and my assignees on the 15th l day of January, 1861.

The drawings forming part of this specil cation show a wind-wheel having my iml provement attached thereto and forming a part thereof, Figure l of said dra-wings being a view in elevation, and Fig. 2 a view by transverse section on a horizontal line through the body or main part of the wheel and its surrounding` frame and guides.

In each of these figures where like parts are shown like marks and letters are used to indicate the parts.

The wheel a is suriounded by a frame, b, to the top plate, c, and bottom plate, d, of which fixed guides c are attached. These guides c are curved, as are also the movable guidesf, which have pivots g at the bottom and top, fitting into the bottom and top plates, c and d, on which pivots the movable guides turn. Pins 71, projecting from the plates, sustain the movable guides at their extreme closing movement. A band, t', passes entirely around the frame and is connected by some suitable means), to the base-piece 7o of each ofthe movable guides. This band is also connected by suitable means, Z, to a disk, m, which is attached at a to the base-piece 0 of the bottom plate, d, the disk m having motion on its attaching pin or device. A lever, p, notched so that its weight ,v may be moved to graduate its influence, is affixed to the disk m. From the lever p a cord or rod, r, passes up through the post o over a segment, t, and is attached to the vane u. rEhe vane u is hinged to the knob o, which it will be noticed is socketed, zu, in the post s, in which it turns, and the knob o is a part of or atlixed to the plate a; of the guiding-vane y. The relation to each other ot' the means herein briedy noticed, it will be seen, is such that, while the guiding-vane y will keep the face of the vane u at right angles to the line or direction ot' the wind, the power of the wind on the vane u will, through the other means named, overcome the induence ofthe weighted lever and in tree or heavy winds lessen the inlet-spaces e to the extent due to the power of the wind; or, through the intluence of the weighted lever, allow the spaces z to be increased, and thus the current of air to the wind-wheel to be controlled and regulated and the movement ofthe wind-wheel to be uniform and regular under the varying power and induence of the wind.

When the vane u is vertical, as is shown by black lines in Fig. l of the drawings, the movable guides will be fully open; and when the vane is de'tiected or forced back, as shown by the red lines in the same figure, the movable guides will be quite closed.

For the purpose of concentrating the wind and giving it direction to the inlets, shutters e are attached to the top and bottom plates, c and d, the shutters being placed in line with the guides e and at right angles to each other. By Fig. 2 two of such shutters only are shown for illustrating their position, while it is intended to use four or such other number as may be deemed the most efiicient. The movable slats y' of these shutters can be made the means of regulating their directir g and concentrating power over the wind, so that in light winds the slats may be closed, and in heavy winds entirely or fully open.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Operating the movable guides of the vane u and the other means or devices as herein recited, the several parts being arranged in relation to cach other substantially as described.

2. In combination with the guides, the adjustable shutters for concentrating and directing the wind to the inlets, as set forth.

lThis specification signed this 3d day of May, 1864.

GEO. H. REISTER.

Vitnesses:

J. E. GLovEn, A. Denman. 

